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Center for the Study of the Public Domain

Website of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain (CSPD) at Duke Law School in the United States. The Center was founded in 2002 and aims to "promote research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation." The site gives details of lectures and conferences providing papers, Powerpoint presentations and webcasts (requires RealPlayer download) covering topics such as 'Music and Theft: Technology, Sampling and the Law' and 'How Law Constructs and Constrains Culture'.

An Introduction to Sources for Treaty Research

Electronic guide to the resources available for researching treaties, by Mark Engsberg, Foreign and International Law Librarian at Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library. The guide was published in 2006 (and updated in 2026) on the Globalex Website, which is run by the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University. The author identifies the tools available for researching both bilateral and multilateral treaties. There is an introduction to treaties and international agreements and an explanation of commonly used terms.

Researching the Armenian Legal System

Online guide to finding Armenian legal information written by Sergey Arakelyan who is Scientific Secretary of the Yerevan State University and Anna Margaryan who is Director of the Law Library at the Yerevan State University. The guide was published in 2006 (and updated by Lyudvik Davtyan and Pavlik Poladyanon in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.

A guide to the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Online guide to the Iranian legal system written by Omar Sial who is a partner in the Pakistan based law firm Hasan & Sial, Advocates and Corporate Counselors. The guide was published in March 2006 on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. There is background information on the history and government of Iran and an outline of the roles of the Supreme Leader, the President, Parliament (The Majles), Assembly of Experts, the Council of Guardians and the Expediency Council.

International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law

The International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law (IJNL) is published quarterly by the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL). The IJNL was first published in 1998 and all issues are available free on its website. The journal is aimed at lawyers, scholars, donors, and government officials focusing on the legal aspects of non-governmental organisations in different parts of the world.

Compact of Free Association

Website providing information about, and a full-text copy of, the Compact of Free Association between the United States of America, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The information is made freely available by the Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations and includes the Compact itself (with amendments), the Compact as signed in 1982 and various related agreements. PDF documents only

GATT digital library: 1947-1994

The GATT Digital Library is a joint project of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The library provides access to documents and information of and about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) including reports, studies and meeting records. Documents can be browsed by issuing body or searched using a simple keyword search or advanced search option. Documents have bibliographic records and can be viewed in full-text (PDF).

Religious legal systems in comparative law: a guide to introductory research

Online guide to religious legal systems written by Marylin Johnson Raisch who is International and Foreign Law librarian at the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library of the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC. The guide was published on the Globalex website in 2006 (and updated in 2022) and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an introduction to religious law and general sources of information on the subject both online and printed.

Duke Law Faculty Scholarship Repository

The Duke Law Faculty Scholarship Repository is an Open Access, freely available database of research literature produced by staff at the Duke Law School. The collection can be browsed by subject or year or searched using a simple or advanced search option which enables you to search a variety of field including author, title, keyword, subject eprint type or date. Materials include journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, working papers and preprints. The records provide bibliographic details, an abstract and a link to the full-text in PDF.

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